Nigel Davenport(I)(1928–2013)

Nigel Davenport was born on May 23, 1928 in Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England as Arthur Nigel Davenport. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Chariots of Fire (1981), A Man for All Seasons (1966) and Phase IV (1974). He was married to Maria Aitken and Helena Margaret White. He died on October 25, 2013 in Gloucester, ... See full bio »

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He acted in Shelagh Delaney's play, "A Taste of Honey," at the Theatre Royal in Stratford, England and at Wyndham's Theatre in London, England with Frances Cuka, Murray Melvin, Avis Bunnage, and Clifton Jones in the cast. Joan Littlewood was director. See more
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[In his 2010 Shock Cinema interview with journalist Anthony Petkovich about working with Jack Palance on the Dan Curtis production of Dracula (1974)] I was pretty frightened of that gentleman, because he was so bloody tall! He was six-foot-four and, as he wanted to look like Dracula, he had three-inch lifts in his shoes, so he was like six-foot-seven - and he was a big guy.

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What Davenport referred to as his "dodgy eyes" was the consequence of a botched childhood operation to correct a squint. The vision in his right eye remained blurred for the rest of his life. See more
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If not in the role of a rake or scowling villain, he was often typecast as aristocrats or high-ranking military officers. See more
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